Kristína Urbanová, Editor-in-chief of the Portal CyberSec.sk

Kristína is a student of Security & Strategic Studies and International Relations at Masaryk University in Brno. Her primary focus lies in the field of cybersecurity and cyber defence. She also addresses the phenomenon of information and psychological warfare. She undertook an internship at the Foreign Policy Department at the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic. Besides CyberSec.sk she has been a project manager in Strategic Policy Institute and a senior analyst in a fact-checking project Demagog.sk. She also contributes to Security Outlines portal.

Matej Spišák, Editor-in-chief of the Portal Antipropaganda.sk

Matej is a student of International Relations at Central European University in Vienna. In 2020, he completed a study and work stay as a part of The Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program (BGIA) in New York. He received his bachelor’s degree at Comenius University in the field of European Studies. During his studies, he gained experience in state institutions, including internships at the Department of Strategic Communication of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Office of State Secretary Robert Ondrejcsák at the Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Policy Department in the Office of the President, and also at the Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the UN in New York. Besides Antipropaganda.sk, Matej currently works with Stratpol as well.

Mária Alena Hasáková, Project Manager

Mária Alena graduated from Faculty of Law in Trnava and during her studies she focused on international law, security and international relations, especially regarding the situation in Russia and Ukraine. She attended several study stays, for example in Siberian city Omsk or Dutch Tiburg. During her studies she also worked as an intern at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic as well as at The Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Jakarta. She speaks english, russian and ukrainian. She currently works on research project dealing with disinformation in Georgia.

Petra Rendková, Associate Fellow

Petra is a PhD candidate of the Department of Political Science at Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín. She focuses in her research on the field of extremism and crisis management in public administration. She is the author of specialist and scientific articles from many fields of research from political science. During her studies, she organized professional discussions with Slovak students at universities – topics such as of education in Slovakia and the causes increase of extremism among young people. She is currently in charge of the project in Slovak Security Policy Institute (SSPI): „Nenaleť: dezinfo a extrém“ (e-learning program) for teachers and their students. Since 2017 she has been a member of the KEGA project team no. 003TnUAD-4/2018, which deals with the Innovation of methodical sheets for teachers of civics from the need of prevention of extremism manifestation and education towards democratic society point of view.

Vladimír Pavešic, Associate Fellow

Vladimír Pavešic is associate fellow of the Slovak Security Policy Institute (SSPI) since 2019 in the programmes of security and defence and antipropaganda. He started to focus on defence and security policy related topics in 2006. He completed his master’s degree in political science at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava in 2011. During his studies he focused also on terrorism and foreign policy relations in the Middle East region. Before joining SSPI he worked in Automotive in various positions related to quality assurance and later also in the area of personnel development of employees. He speaks English and German.